Abcam’s founder enjoys £14m pay day

Jonathon Milner’s annual sale of a chunk of his stake in Abcam (ABC) looks very different this year compared with last. In 2017, when the founder – who is now deputy chairman – sold £31.6m at 1,016p, the market seemed confident that those shares would be worth quite a lot more one year on. They were right. This year's £14m disposal was made at 1,441p a share. But, for the first time in several years, investors seem less certain of continued momentum at Abcam.